GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 Gaming OC 8G Video Card Review

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By Rick Patterson

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Test Setup

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GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 Gaming OC 8G Video Card test bench set up

We are using the motherboard’s current default BIOS settings on the latest official release BIOS.  We have enabled PCI-Express Resizable BAR in the motherboard BIOS.  This means we are utilizing Resizable BAR on NVIDIA GPUs and AMD Smart Access Memory on AMD GPUs in all of our testing.  We have enabled DOCP in the BIOS for the memory.

We are using a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro with the latest Windows Updates, and drivers installed including the latest chipset drivers from AMD.  We are using the “Best Performance” power profile in Windows Settings.  We have Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling at the default setting, which is ENABLED.  VBS is DISABLED and Game Mode is ENABLED.

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Niner51
Niner51 👍 1

I use this card in my back up PC. Very impressed with gaming on a 3440 X 1440 monitor with some games at fairly high settings.

Peter_Brosdahl
Peter_Brosdahl

Thanks for the review @magoo! This looks like a great budget-friendly 1080p card that can deliver impressive results and even stretch a little bit into 1440p with a few compromises here and there.

Rick Patterson
Rick is an avid gamer that enjoys the latest and greatest video cards in his rigs. For the past few years, he's shared that expertise with The FPS Review's audience as a GPU reviewer.

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